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Monday, February 27, 2012

Time for Happiness and Lightness of Being.

Emu Park, Queensland, Australia.

Some of my happiest memories as a kid are of our family holidays at the beaches.
Wild, unpopulated beaches, some with a few, beach front squatter's huts. We did not have one but friends did were generous in the use of them. Primitive doesn't describe them well enough.
They had a corrugated tin roof and walls with earth/ sand floor. Beds made from bush timber with the legs dug into the sand. Home made benches and a wooden stove in a recess. I think there may have been snakes and spiders because Dad would go in first to check it out.

Mum would make the tastiest camp oven stews/casseroles if the fish weren't biting. Sure enough, I would have a mouth full of ulcers and couldn't have any. I suffered from these for years, well into my 20s. We grew up with an abundance of fish and crabs. I think the crabs were called Mud Crabs or maybe Blue Swimmers.

The Big Crab, Cardwell, Queensland, OZ

Cooked crab

Uncooked.

I enjoyed cleaning crabs and I think this was because I could sit there and think as sure as hell there wouldn't be any volunteer helpers. It's a messy, smelly job but somebody has to do it......I don't eat seafood now, with the exception of fish. I think I have overdosed as a kid and also being married to an avid amateur fisherman put me off it. I can't stand the smell of prawns!

Mooloolaba during heavy seas and rain. Cyclone up north, off shore. Queensland.

I still love the beach but because it is 'there' I very seldom go and we live about 23 ks from the nearest beach. I love picking up some take away fish and chips and heading to the beach to watch the moon rise. How long since I have done this?? Damn near a year!

6 comments:

Oh I love crab but I couldn't get the crab meat our for love nor money - I'm the same with prawns, they have to come declothed already or else I don't eat them. Seaside memories of childhood are wonderful, thanks for reminding me of them!!!! Enjoy your memories!!! Karen x

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